Myths Games and Conflict: Contents

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Chapter 1: Introduction - Myth and religion in ancient Greek society

Chapter 2: Athens to Thebes. Braurona - Artemis, Leto, Orestes, Iphiginia and Callisto; Marathon - Pheidippides and Pan; Rhamnous - Nemesis, Thetis, Leda and the swan; Amphiaraion - Eteocles, Polyneices and Amphiaraos; Aulis - Artemis and the sacrifice of Iphiginia; Elefsis - Demeter and Persephone ; Eleutherai - Zeus, Semele and Dionysus; Aigosthena - Melampous and Dionysus; Plataia - Victory over the Persians;  Kabeirion - The sanctuary of the Kabeiroi; Thebes - Cadmus and Oedipus

Chapter 3:
Central Greece. Thespiai - Narcissus, Echo, Hercules and the Muses; Gla - a massive Mycenaean citadel; Mount Ptoon - Oracle of Ptoon Apollo; Livadhia - the Oracle of Trophonios; Orchomenos - Treasury of Minyas, Temple of the Graces; Chaironia - the Lion monument; Davlia - Tereus, Prokne and Philomela; Arachova and Mount Parnassos - Deucalion and Pan; Delphi - the sanctuary of Pythian Apollo


Chapter 4: West from Delphi - Aetolia and Akarnania. Evinos river - Hercules, Deianeira and Nessus; Kalydon - Atalanta and the Kalydonian boar hunt; Pleuron - Hercules, Achelous and the Cornucopia; Thermon - the spiritual centre of Aitolia; Stratos - the capital of ancient Akarnania; Nikopolis - Antony and Cleopatra; the Oracle of the Dead - Orpheus and Eurydice; the Acheron Gorge - the entrance to the Underworld; Dodona - the Oracle of Zeus; Oiniadai - Alcmaeon and the Furies

Chapter 5: Athens to Corinth. Perachora - the Sanctuary of Hera; Ancient Corinth - Sisyphus, Asopos, Jason and Medea; Acrocorinth - Aphrodite, Bellerophon and Pegasus; Isthmia - Poseidon, Ino and Melikertes

Chapter 6: Corinth to Olympia. Sikyon - Prometheus and Pandora; Aigira - Sanctuary of Tykhe; Nestani - Birth of Poseidon, the Golden Hinds of Artemis; Mantinea - Sanctuary of Horse Poseidon; Arcadian Orchomenos - ancient theatre and temples; Langathia - Atalanta, the Arcadian huntress; The river Ladon - Poseidon and Demeter, Pan and Syrinx; The Erymanthos valley - Hercules and the Centaurs; Megalopolis - the largest theatre in mainland Greece; Lykosoura - Despoina and Pan; Mount Lykaion - the Sanctuary of Zeus; Gortys - the Sanctuary of Asklepios

Chapter 7: Olympia and Ilia. Olympia - the greatest Sanctuary of the Greek world; Ancient Elis - the Olympian athletes’ training ground; Typaneia - Homeric Aipy; Alifera - Birth of Athena; Bassae - the temple of Apollo Epikourios; Phigalea - an unexcavated classical city; Lepreo - the Argonauts and the women of Lemnos

Chapter 8: Corinth to the Argolid. Palaia Epidavros - Sanctuary of Aphrodite; Troizen - Theseus and Hippolytus; Epidavros - Asklepios and his family; Nauplio - Nauplios and Palamades; the Argive foundation myths - Danaus and Perseus; Tiryns - the Labours of Hercules; Mycenae - Atreus, Thyestes, Agamemnon and Orestes; Midea - the third Mycenaean citadel of the Argolid ; Argive Heraion - the Sanctuary of Hera; Argos - Danaus, Melampous and Bias; Nemea - Hypsipyle and Opheltes; Lerna - Hades, Dionysus and the underworld

Chapter 9: Messenia and Lakonia. Ancient Pylos - Nestor’s Palace; Nestor’s Cave - Hermes and Apollo; Ancient Messene - Sanctuary of Asklepios; Sparta - Menelaus, Helen, Castor and Polydeuces; Amyklai - Sanctuary of Hyakinthos; Tegea - the bones of Orestes

Chapter 10: Athens - the foundation myths. Kekrops, Erichthonios, Poseidon and Athena, Hephaistos, Pandrosos, Erechtheus and Boutes.